Texas Legislature Passes Multiple Bills Restricting Transgender Rights and Medical Care for Children

The Texas Legislature has passed a bill banning hormone and puberty blocking treatments, as well as surgeries for transgender children, making it the largest state to ban transition medical care for minors. The bill includes a limited exemption for those already receiving medical treatment, but requires them to "wean" themselves off the medications over an unspecified period of time. The bill now heads to the governor's desk. Supporters of the bill have called the treatments "mutilation," while opponents have condemned it as a politicized assault on the transgender community.